Work hell, teething baby, visiting in-laws, I'm pretty sure you're as sick of this string of excuses for missed updates as I am.

One thing I can say, though -- for all my ups and downs over the past few years, I've always had a steady paycheck to count on. Which isn't true for a lot of people, and one of my collective-mates, Karl Kleese of Willow's Grove, has pretty well hit the end of his financial string, so a couple of us have gotten together and set up an auction to help him out. While none of the auctions are live for bidding yet, you can go see what's up for offer from some very talented folks... and since I don't really have any plans to make prints at this time (having a quite realistic view of my own artistic talents), if you want something of mine in, you know, non-digital format, this is your chance!

The moons of the Khan's children fall, save Temur's -- and he, too, is hunted by his ambitious cousin. But more than one kingdom is at stake: the cult of the sorceror-king sows chaos that it may reap the world....